Top "Cygwin" questions

Cygwin is a collection of GNU and other Unix-like FOSS tools which run on MS Windows and provide functionality similar to a GNU/Linux distribution while (mostly) conforming to POSIX specifications.

Node.js Cygwin not supported

I am trying to install node.js. I followed this tutorial and i am stuck in the middle. When I …

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How to best integrate Emacs and Cygwin?

There are a ton of ways to integrate Cygwin with Emacs on Windows. EmacsWiki shows a few ideas. Here are …

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How to install CMake on Cygwin?

I have some difficulties to use Cygwin. I need that compiler to use CLion IDE by Netbrains. Can you explain …

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Android NDK: WARNING: APP_PLATFORM android-9 is larger than android:minSdkVersion 8

I am getting the following warning when compiling my cocos2d-x project with cygwin. `/cygdrive/e/project/MyGame/proj.android ` /…

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How to get the Windows path to Cygwin home directory?

How can I programmatically determine the current Cygwin user's home directory in Windows format (e.g. C:\cygwin\home\user) …

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Is it advisable to switch from Cygwin 32bit to Cygwin 64bit?

I've been using Cygwin (for a long time). Specifically, I use it (including gcc/g++) on Win7 for development work. …

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Eclipse CDT does not find either Cygwin or MinGW toolchain

I am having hard times to configure Eclipse Juno to for C/C++. I am a Windows user, so I …

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How do you pipe input through grep to another utility?

I am using 'tail -f' to follow a log file as it's updated; next I pipe the output of that …

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Command line to delete all ClearCase view-private files

I'm looking for a command line to remove all view-private files and directories from a ClearCase view on Windows. I …

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How can I associate .sh files with Cygwin?

I'd like to run a long rsync command in Cygwin by double clicking on a .sh file in Windows. It …

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